Xu Hongwei, the commander of Luzhou, has no great talent, but he is not dull, Zhongping talent, took over the position of commander of Luzhou from his father, and it is impossible to forge ahead, but Shoucheng is enough, relying on his father's residual power and a group of loyal ministers, in the past 20 years, he has come over smoothly.

The sadness of Luzhou lies in the fact that the forces adjacent to him are all tigers and wolves, next to Dingzhou on one side and the Lu forces in the north on the other. And Xu Hongwei's idea of not wanting to forge ahead and can only keep it is successful, which also reassures his neighbors that a tiger is not allowed to sleep soundly next to the couch, but if it is a docile kitten, it is naturally another matter.

With the changing political situation in Great Chu, Li Qing focused on conquering the barbarians, while the Lü clan was ambitious and wanted to compete in the Central Plains, and Luzhou was quieter.

There are not many people in Luzhou, millions of people, and food can be self-sufficient, as a commander who just wants to stay at home and be a king, Xu Hongwei maintains an army of 20,000 people, and all he can do is to maintain law and order, so that some mountain kings in the territory should not go too far, as for whether it is elite, it is difficult to say, anyway, the mountain kings are still invincible.

But Luzhou has a specialty, but it is sold all over the country, very popular, that is, the jade produced in Luzhou, Luzhou has two major jade producing areas, one is Sangzhu County, one is Suning County, Sangzhu County is rich in ordinary jade, what white jade, topaz, purple jade, black jade, jasper, green jade, red jade and so on in large quantities, but the quality is flat, and Suning wins by quality, although the quantity of jade can not be compared with mulberry plants, but often produces excellent products.

Jade has become an important economic pillar of Luzhou, which not only provides a large number of employment opportunities for Luzhou, but also earns a lot of wealth for Xu Hongwei, the commander of Luzhou.

There are many jade shops in Luzhou, especially in Lulong, the capital of Luzhou, where almost all the famous jade processing shops in the state are concentrated.

Wang Qi and his agents from the Operations Department of the Survey Department hid in a well-known jade shop in Lulong. Two years ago, the Statistical Survey Department began to take shape, Qingfeng sent people into Luzhou, brought a lot of money, and set down a small store, but the qualifications were old enough jade time-honored brand, began to take root, with the strength of the Statistical Survey Division swelling step by step, Qingfeng sent several jade processing craftsmen to this shop called Gusi jade, anyway, among the tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen who got from the capital at that time, there were all kinds of things, and there were all kinds of things, and it didn't take much effort to find out such a few people. Moreover, these jade masters from the capital are well-informed, and there are piles of nobles in the capital, and there are few brushes that can be mixed into master masters, which are not eaten at all.

In the past two or three years, the Gusi jade has become famous, and the ingenuity of the jade conception and the exquisite workmanship have made it a leader in the Lulong industry for a while, and the guests are like a tide, which has attracted most of the nobles in Luzhou to take the Gusi as their special processing point.

Other jade shops are interested in the business of the ancient division and the master's superb craftsmanship, and they want to dig out the corners of the ancient division, but all of them are in vain, no matter how high the treatment you propose, those jade masters with outstanding skills are all unmoved, making people helpless, for this, the owner of the ancient jade shop, that is, the Ying Yang captain of the statistical survey department, Chen Gong, just laughed at it, if they poached people, it would be a joke, these masters were all named in the statistical survey department before they came, The family members are all under the control of the department, how can they be poached at will.

Chen Gong, who has been dormant for several years, has been asleep is now a celebrity in Luzhou, and has very frequent contacts with the dignitaries and nobles in Luzhou, and the news that someone from the Lu clan in the north secretly entered Luzhou is that he inadvertently got it from a guest, until Wang Qi led the crowd to arrive, Chen Gong knew that his own free life ended here, it seems that this unintentional news has attracted enough attention in Dingzhou, as for the impact of the North Lord's secret contact with Luzhou on Dingzhou, people at this level of Chen Gong still can't understand, But when he saw Wang Qi, the big boss of the Operations Agency, arrive in person, he also knew that the matter must be not small.

"General Wang, the matter has been roughly figured out!" Chen Gong walked into the secret room where Wang Qi and the others were hiding, which was also the warehouse where the most precious jade was stored in the Gusi Jade Shop. Less than 20 square meters, those originally put jade shelves have been moved to the wall, more than a dozen special service team members are crowded here, only in the dead of night at this time, can they sneak out to let the wind out, usually eat and drink Lazar are in this small space, although the weather is still very cool, but the smell inside is still very bad, seeing the appearance of these dozen people, Chen Gong is extremely admired, can't help but think of some colleagues who talk about these special services, there are "not like people" to evaluate them, It seems that they are really not ordinary people.

Wang Qi perked up and said, "Let's talk about it!" ”

"The person sent by the Lu clan in the north is called Lu Zhaoting, and I heard that he is the eldest son of Lu Fengchun, the second brother of Lu Weixiong, the patriarch of the Lu clan." Chen Gongdao.

"It's a very high level!" Wang Qi frowned, such an important person, the defense around him must be very strict, and it will be difficult to start.

"After Lu Zhaoting came, he was placed in the post house by the handsome Xu Hongwei, and now this post house has been blocked, and only Lu Zhaoting and his party live inside, and the defense is tight, and outsiders can't enter at all!" Chen Gongdao. "Lu Zhaoting has been here for several days, and he has talked with Xu Hongwei three times, as for what he talked about, outsiders don't know, according to the information I have got, Lu Zhaoting seems to be leaving."

Wang Qi said angrily: "This is troublesome, as soon as this little bastard leaves, the task given to us by the director will be yellow, is it possible to go to the road to rob the road?" ”

Chen Gong shook his head and said: "This is unlikely, as far as I know, Lu Zhaoting has hundreds of guards with him, and when he leaves, Xu Hongwei will definitely send an army to escort him, and a few of us are not enough to stuff their teeth." ”

Wang Qi rubbed his forehead and inhaled cool air in his mouth, "If it doesn't work, I can only take the risk of sneaking up on the inn." ”

was arranging a map for Chen Gong to get the post house, but the door of the secret room was knocked gently, and the two agents near the door immediately stood up and walked to the door silently, one reached out and pulled the door bolt, and the other took out a pitch-black dagger from his waist.

Chen Gong waved his hand and said, "My own people!" The knocking on the door stopped, with an interval of two minutes, and knocked three more times, Chen Gong signaled to open the door, and a capable young man appeared by the door, but he did not step into the door, but his eyes flashed with surprise, "Boss, that Lu Zhaoting is here in the store." ”

Everyone in the secret room was stunned, and they were planning how to kill this person, but this person actually appeared in front of him, and God favored him too much.

"Do you want to do it now?" Chen Gong's eyes showed a fierce light.

Wang Qi waved his hand, "Chen Gong, do you have a way to lure this guy to the store at night, and the fewer people who know, the better, the director's order is that it is best to bring people to Dingzhou, and if it is really not possible, he will be killed." ”

Chen Gong thought for a while, "Then there must be a bait that he can't refuse, I think about it, there is!" Chen Gong rushed to the corner of the wall with an arrow step, opened an iron box, and took out a huge piece of jade from it, this jade is fiery red, which is an extremely rare red jade, and what is even more rare is that among the palm-sized, regular rectangular red jade, there is actually a yellow dragon-shaped pattern, and the yellow dragon shakes its head and tail, vividly.

"General Wang, I accidentally got this piece of jade, I originally wanted to give it to the marshal, but now I use it as bait, I'm not afraid that he won't take the bait!" Chen Gong said proudly.

Seeing this rare jade, although Wang Qi did not understand jade, he also knew his preciousness, especially the long yellow dragon pattern that naturally grew in this jade, which had a fatal attraction to these wealthy families who tried to get their hands on the emperor's treasure.

"Okay, Chen Gong, if you can successfully lure Lu Zhaoting here, you should be the first to take the lead in this operation. Director Qingfeng will not treat you badly. Wang Qi said excitedly.

After several years of expansion and operation, the store of Gu Si Yu shop has expanded from a small store to now Lulong's premier large store, the store decoration is beautiful and beautiful, different from other stores, the jade of Gu Si Yu shop is selected by customers on the spot, the master makes it on the spot, the production area is on the left side of the store, specially separated by an area, if customers are interested, they can even sit in front of the master and watch the master process, of course, if you don't want to sit here, there is also a lounge, fragrant tea singing and dancing waiting.

Now, Lu Zhaoting sat in front of a master with great interest, watching the master skillfully polish and carve a jade he had just chosen, he wanted to make a jade pendant for his wife. And the two entourages he carried with him stood one step behind him, and at the door of the store, there were more than a dozen Luzhou soldiers guarding the door of the store, blocking the latecomers from the store.

"This son, this son!" Chen Gong came out of the back hall with a smile, holding his fists and trotting all the way towards Lu Zhaoting, seeing the two entourages behind Lu Zhaoting quickly take a step forward and block in front of him, Chen Gong immediately slowed down, but he still almost hit a person, quickly stopped his steps, and introduced himself: "The villain is the owner of this jade shop, and when he heard the report, he knew that there was a distinguished customer in the store, and he was late to greet him, and he forgave his sins." ”

Lu Zhaoting showed a smile on his face, this boss had the foresight, and nodded at the moment, "Well, your shop is different from others, and this master's craftsmanship is also extremely fine." ”

Chen Gong cautiously glanced at the jade in the hand of the master who was concentrating on carving the pendant, and said with a smile: "Childe has good eyesight, this jade is the best one I have outside in this store, I didn't expect Childe to pick him out at a glance." ”

Lu Zhaoting heard the meaning of this, "Oh, there are better ones in your shop." ”

Chen Gong smiled flatteringly, "Childe, the jade placed outside here is all big road goods, and only occasionally put one or two good ones to let connoisseurs know that there are still good goods in this store, and the real good jade is stored separately, except for nobles like Childe, ordinary people can't see it." ”

Lu Zhaoting was very interested, the jade in front of him was already considered a high-grade in his opinion, and he didn't expect that it was just a big road commodity in the eyes of the other party.

"So, I'd like to see it!" Lu Zhaoting said with a smile.

Chen Gong's eyes narrowed when he heard this, he clapped his hands, and several graceful women immediately came out of the back hall, each holding a plate in their hands, and they came out.

Lu Zhaoting smiled: "You have been prepared!" ”

Chen Gong said with a smile: "A noble person like Gongzi is here, I am naturally ready to dare to take it in front of Gongzi!" ”

The jade on the plate and all kinds of jade that have been made are dazzling, and they are indeed of the highest grade, but in the eyes of people like Lu Zhaoting, they are just high-grade, not precious.

Stretched out his hand and played with a few pieces, a little interested, "Not bad, not bad!" ”

Chen Gong observed his words and looks, knowing that the other party didn't think so, thought about it, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Don't hide it from my son, I have a superb product in my hand, but, it's just..."

"Exceptional?" Lu Zhaoting was a little interested, it can be seen from this store that this boss is a connoisseur, and what he can call a masterpiece is definitely not an ordinary product.

"Can you take it and enjoy it?"

Chen Gong glanced at the Luzhou Junhan at the door, and shook his head, "Don't hide it from Gongzi, this item has been in my hands for a long time, and I have not dared to take it out, the longer I put it in my hand, the more worried I will be, if Gongzi can afford the price, I am willing to give it to Gongzi." ”

Lu Zhaoting narrowed his eyes, "Luzhou is rich and there are many rich people, why don't you sell them to them?" ”

Chen Gong gritted his teeth, "It's not that I don't sell it, I don't dare to sell it, I spent a lot of money when I got this thing, but if this thing is known to the people of Luzhou, I can't even get the capital back, I see that the identity of the son is valuable, but he is not from Luzhou, so I dare to say it." ”

"What's the reasoning?" Lu Zhaoting said strangely.

Chen Gong took out a piece of paper from his arms, but did not unfold it, and glanced at the soldiers at the door a few times, Lu Zhaoting gave a slight gesture, and the two guards took a step forward, just blocking the sight of those soldiers at the door. Chen Gong opened the piece of paper at this time, "Childe, this is the pattern painted on this superb picture." ”

After just one glance, Lu Zhaoting hissed and took a cool breath, there is actually such a jade in the world? If you bring it back to the uncle, it must be a great achievement, this is a natural auspicious omen, no wonder this shopkeeper does not dare to let the locals of Luzhou know, if Xu Hongwei knows, he will definitely ask for it, but I am afraid that he will not even give him a penny.

Grabbing the piece of paper, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Chen Gong had a bitter face, "The villain has a humble identity, and he dares to deceive nobles like Gongzi, but in fact, the longer he puts this thing in his hand, the more hot he feels. As long as Childe gives me the capital, I will give it to you. ”

"How much do you bid?"

"One hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Lu Zhaoting was silent for a while, he was just an envoy this time, so much cash.

"Can you show me the real thing?"

Chen Gong licked his lips and said: "Not now, if the son is interested, bring enough silver at night, we will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, of course, if the son is not at ease, you can also bring your own jade craftsman to distinguish the truth from the false, and it is not too late to make another transaction." But don't let Xu Dashuai know, otherwise the villain's head will be lost! ”

Lu Zhaoting nodded, at this time he had no intention of looking at other things, not even the pendant that was about to be made, turned around and left.

Looking at Lu Zhaoting's back, a smile appeared on the corner of Chen Gong's mouth.

(To be continued)